The newest building at UMass Chan Medical School rises high above the campus quad with a glimmering glass façade that illuminates the science within and reflects the ambitions of an institution committed to discovery, learning and healing.
With 350,000 square feet of research and educational spaces spread over nine floors, the building will support the missions of all three graduate schools on campus. It will be home to more than 70 principal investigators and their teams, with advanced core facilities to support basic research, translational studies and clinical trials of new therapeutics developed at UMass Chan and around the world.
Construction began in the fall of 2020 and the building officially opened on June 7, 2024.
New education and research building unveiled; honorary degree awarded to WHO Director-General
UMass Chan leaders and invited dignitaries cut the ribbon on the new education and research building, as WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, received an honorary degree and delivered the keynote address. Read more.
Watch the construction progress on the building from fall 2020 to today.
News coverage
Boston Business Journal:
UMass Chan’s new $350M research building opens
Boston Globe:
UMass Chan Medical School gets a new research building
Masslive.com:
UMass Chan, WHO seal trans-Atlantic research partnership at new building celebration
NBC Boston:
UMass Chan's new $350M research building opens
Spectrum News 1:
UMass Chan unveils new education and research facility for medical school students
This Week in Worcester:
UMass Chan Opens New Research Facility in Worcester
VHB:
UMass Chan Medical School Debuts New Education and Research Building
WGBH:
UMass Chan Medical School opens new $350 million research building in Worcester
Worcester Business Journal:
Editorial: Huge healthcare investments
Two new Worcester healthcare buildings totaling $475M aim to improve quality of and access to health care
Worcester Telegram & Gazette:
WHO chief opens new Education and Research Building at UMass Chan Medical School